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Redwall author Brian Jacques dies aged 71

Feb 08 2011: A former merchant sailor whose children's books sold millions worldwide has died aged 71.

Brian Jacques' Redwall series of books were translated into 29 languages and sold 20m globally.

He died after a heart attack at the weekend and leaves a wife and two grown up...

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Kindle upgrade coming soon

Feb 08 2011: Owners of latest generation Kindle and Kindle 3G will be getting new features soon including the ability to share notes about their books publicly, real page numbers that correspond to the print copy, and a 'before you go' feature that lets them immediately rate each ...

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Canada's largest book distributor files for bankruptcy

Feb 04 2011: H.B. Fenn, Canada's largest book distributor and owner since 2004 of Key Porter Books, has filed for bankruptcy.

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Grizzly Adams creator Charles Sellier dies at 67

Feb 03 2011: Charles Sellier - creator of the book, film and TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams - has died aged 67.

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News Corp debut a daily newspaper for the iPad

Feb 02 2011: Murdoch's News Corporation today announced a new newspaper exclusively for the iPad. "The Daily" is available as a downloadable app, available exclusively through the iTunes store, for a weekly subscription of 99 cents.

"Our target audience is the 15 million ...

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Borders filing for bankruptcy?

Feb 02 2011: Late yesterday Bloomberg reported that Borders Group plans to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as next week and will likely close at least 150 stores...

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Borders Delays January Payments

Jan 31 2011: Borders announced Sunday evening that it was delaying January payments to vendors and landlords in a move to conserve cash. The action will almost certainly end any hope Borders has of winning approval from publishers of its proposal to exchange missed December payments...

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Publishers remain cool to Borders deal

Jan 27 2011: Unless publishers undergo a change of heart, it appears likely that many will reject Borders' proposal to exchange missed payments for notes...It is unclear what Borders' next step will be if publishers decide not to go along with their offer.

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